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It's a nice looking boat with plenty of power if you choose to go that route. I am not happy with the choice of name though. Why name it after a motor that wears out quickly? I emailed Traxxas my idea for a name. I explained to them why they should name it the "Hurricane"!!!!

I gotta say I love the boat and i'm sure I'll pick one up within a year.
However I still don't agree with the name being there are titan motors already, which aren't used in the boat nonetheless. But oh well, titan it is.

Yeah... a villian EX retails for $250... this thing will have to be every penny of $400. My guess would be $499... A venom brushless is about $399 I think. Maybe we'll get lucky and traxxas will not only be the fastest and best looking... but also the most competitively priced as well.

I'm not sure what Traxxas is going to do price wise.
If you look back at past models, whether its the villain, blast, rustler, emaxx, etc. The prices (now anyways) are running about 52-65% of that of retail. Now using that info tells me that maybe not right away, but down the road it will run around $250
So starting out i'm going to guesss it'll run low-mid $300's.

Are you kidding the "Hurricane" wouldn't go over well with the Louisiana natives.

I could understand this if it was given the name of a certain hurricane. But being from wisconsin I cant say for sure, I have never experienced one, and now that I sit here and think about it more I see your point.

WOW awesome boat... sorry to go of topic, but will this new VXL 6s system outperform the Mamba Moster, and will a land version be in the emaxx/erevo brushless editions in the near future? How much will the system alone cost? Thanks!

I just noticed, in regards to my earlier question about pricing, the site actually says suggested retail will be $399... thats almost unbelieveable. Even if tower sells them for full retail you can get $60 off. That is just sick. 2.4 radio, includes batteries (albeit ones that need to be upgraded but still). What a deal. This thing makes a SV27 look like a toy... and its super competitive on price. Ive just decided... getting one.
Strange that the bearing supported drive system is an option. I would think with a power system like this bearings would be included. Not a big deal... just interesting. All other VXL vehicles have bearings.

It looks like Towerhobbies has it listed for $399 as the suggested selling price says. I would not necessarily think that this is definite but I would assume that this will be very close to the price when it becomes available.

A very fine boat Traxxas, good job! I cant wait to see theses things in action.

It says will retail for $399, so I'm guessing it will sell for about $310 or so

I think some are confusing retail and MSRP. MSRP is the one that is typically 25-50% above the street price. Retail is street price. It will be $399 in most places, you could probably find it at $375ish at some online places.

I think some are confusing retail and MSRP. MSRP is the one that is typically 25-50% above the street price. Retail is street price. It will be $399 in most places, you could probably find it at $375ish at some online places.

Tower is $384.99 now, minus the $60 = $324.99 Shipped!!

Just ordered me a red one and I may get a blue for my 10 year old son.

Without a way to cool the ESC... no heat sink at all... this is a boat ESC only. If you look at the ESC in a villian it is an EVX 2 with the aluminum heat sink removed and a watercooling cover in its place. This new ESC has no opening on the top at all for a heat sink. Its all internal.